April 20th , 2018, for the first time in Nizhny Novgorod the 7th All-Russian Students “Chinese Bridge” Language Proficiency Contest took place in Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Philharmonic Hall. In 2018 the theme of the contest was “One World – One Family”. The event was jointly organized by Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod Confucius Institute and the Department of Education of the Chinese Embassy in Russia. 35 contestants united into 7 teams according to their respective regions in Russia arrived in Nizhny Novgorod to compete in their mastery of the Chinese language, history and culture.